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  2009 AP® ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSIT Question 3 (Suggested time—40 minutes. This question counts for one-third of the total essay section score.) Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. —Horace Prompt: Consider this quotation about adversity from the Roman poet Horace. Then write an essay that defends, challenges, or qualifies Horace’s assertion about the role that adversity (financial or political hardship, danger, misfortune, etc.) plays in developing a person’s character. Support your argument with appropriate evidence from your reading, observation, or experience.  

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WHAT THE HECK?  How do I write this essay?”

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AP Essay # 2 Argumentative Essay

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Step One :

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  2009 AP® ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSIT Question 3 (Suggested time—40 minutes. This question counts for one-third of the total essay section score.) Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. —Horace Prompt: Consider this quotation about adversity from the Roman poet Horace. Then write an essay that defends, challenges, or qualifies Horace’s assertion about the role that adversity (financial or political hardship, danger, misfortune, etc.) plays in developing a person’s character. Support your argument with appropriate evidence from your reading, observation, or experience.  

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Step One : Reading the prompt.

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  2009 AP® ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSIT Question 3 (Suggested time—40 minutes. This question counts for one-third of the total essay section score.) Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. —Horace Prompt: Consider this quotation about adversity from the Roman poet Horace. Then write an essay that defends, challenges, or qualifies Horace’s assertion about the role that adversity (financial or political hardship, danger, misfortune, etc.) plays in developing a person’s character. Support your argument with appropriate evidence from your reading, observation, or experience.  

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Examine the prompt Consider this quotation about adversity from the Roman poet Horace. Then write an essay that defends, challenges, or qualifies Horace’s assertion about the role that adversity (financial or political hardship, danger, misfortune, etc.) plays in developing a person’s character. Support your argument with appropriate evidence from your reading, observation, or experience.

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Examine the prompt Consider this quotation about adversity from the Roman poet Horace. Then write an essay that defends, challenges, or qualifies Horace’s assertion about the role that adversity (financial or political hardship, danger, misfortune, etc.) plays in developing a person’s character. Support your argument with appropriate evidence from your reading, observation, or experience.

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Examine the prompt Consider this quotation about adversity from the Roman poet Horace. Then write an essay that defends, challenges, or qualifies Horace’s assertion about the role that adversity (financial or political hardship, danger, misfortune, etc.) plays in developing a person’s character. Support your argument with appropriate evidence from your reading, observation, or experience.

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Step Two: Analyzing The Quote : Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. —Horace

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Step Two: Analyzing The Quote : Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. —Horace

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Analyzing the Quote : Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. —Horace 1. Identify—define terms that you think are important. 2. Consider denotation and connotation of the words. 3. Consider multiple meanings …of such words.

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Step Two: Analyzing The Quote : Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. —Horace What does this quote mean?

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Precis: In this ______ ______, ________ (that) ________ in order to ___________. The precis works nicely as a way of summarizing the meaning and purpose of a quote.

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Step Four: Write the thesis. The ARGUMENT thesis does must state your claim. In the thesis you will state your stance— argument—directly. Avoid 1 st person except when using personal experience. Sample Thesis: Possibly, but I agree with the Roman poet Horace in that adversity has a way of rousing talent from slumber. Adversity can stimulate, force, and sharpen a person in ways prosperity cannot— there is, then, value in hardship.

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  2009 AP® ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSIT Question 3 (Suggested time—40 minutes. This question counts for one-third of the total essay section score.) Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. —Horace Prompt: Consider this quotation about adversity from the Roman poet Horace. Then write an essay that defends, challenges, or qualifies Horace’s assertion about the role that adversity (financial or political hardship, danger, misfortune, etc.) plays in developing a person’s character. Support your argument with appropriate evidence from your reading, observation, or experience.  

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Step Five: The Body Outline “We are writing now.” You must pick your side and build your argument. You must pick your side and build your argument. The argument must be logical…without flaws. The argument must be logical…without flaws.

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Step Five: The Body Outline Support your argument with evidence from your reading, observation, or experience. Reading- you are expected touse examples from things your have read to support your stance on the quote. Observation-you are expected to use observations you have made about the world/human nature to support your stance Experience-you are expected to us personal experience to support your stance.

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Step Five: The Body Outline Support your argument with evidence from your reading, observation, or experience. In the argument essay, your data will be the reading, observation, and experience.